Asbestos and Fire: Technological Trade-Offs and the Body at Risk
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Rachel Maines
- ناشر : New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780813535753
Description
Illustrations ix Tables x Preface xi 1 The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment 1 2 Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Material 24 3 The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain 45 4 Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II 78 5 Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment 118 6 The Asbestos Tort Conflagration 155 Appendix A: Some Asbestos End-Uses in the United States, 1850–1990 173 Appendix B: Selected List of Organizations Specifying Asbestos in Codes, Standards, or Recommendations, 1880–1980 181 Notes 187 Index 245
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